Mayfair House | Squire & Partners

Squire and Partners approached their commission to design a private house as a crafted building, sensitive to its Mayfair Conservation Area context but with a unique contemporary presence. Sited at a junction of streets and views, and being physically linked to a listed Georgian wall at the termination of Chesterfi eld Mews facing Curzon Street, the building responds to a variety of contexts and viewpoints. The project involved the retention of an existing 18th century façade facing Waverton Street, and the design of a new building comprising three linked volumes to create a unique home in central Mayfair. The accommodation provides fi ve bedrooms, a swimming pool, gymnasium, cinema, rooftop pavilion and two separate roof terraces. Construction involved sandwiching the retained façade between two steel frames which was then suspended while piling and construction of the lower ground fl oor took place. This fl oor then became a platform from which excavation of the two basement fl oors and construction of the concrete frame above could happen simultaneously, speeding up the weather tightness of the site and fast-tracking the programme.